A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

H.R. 6
Improving America's Schools Act of 1994

One Hundred Third Congress of the United States of America AT THE SECOND SESSION Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four An Act

To extend for five years the authorizations of appropriations for the programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and for certain other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Improving America's Schools Act of 1994''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATES; TRANSITION.

(a) Effective Dates.--

(1) Title i.--

(A) Title I and the amendment made by title I of this Act shall take effect July 1, 1995, except that those provisions of title I that apply to programs under title VIII (Impact Aid) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by this Act, and to programs under such Act that are conducted on a competitive basis, shall be effective with respect to appropriations for use under such programs for fiscal year 1995 and for subsequent fiscal years.

(B) Title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by title I of this Act, shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

(2) Title ii.--Title II of this Act and the amendments made by title II of this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act, except that section 236 (equity for students, teachers, and other program beneficiaries) of such title shall be effective--

(A) July 1, 1995 for noncompetitive programs in which funds are allocated on the basis of a formula; and

(B) for programs that are conducted on a competitive basis, with respect to appropriations for use under such programs in fiscal year 1995 and in subsequent fiscal years.

(3) Title iii.--

(A) Parts A and B of title III of this Act and the amendments made by such parts shall take effect on July 1, 1995.

(B) Part C of title III of this Act and the amendments made by such part shall take effect on October 1, 1994.

(b) Transition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a recipient of funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as such Act was in effect on the day preceding the date of enactment of this Act, may use funds available to such recipient under such predecessor authority to carry out necessary and reasonable planning and transition activities in order to ensure a smooth implementation of programs authorized by this Act.